Julianne Moore Instagram – My #WomenCrushWednesday this week is @skaufman121 of St. Louis Park, Minnesota. After working for thirteen years as a teacher and school administrator, Susie turned her focus toward community organizing and activism and began volunteering with @MomsDemand. Today, she leads their Minnesota chapter and fights for gun safety throughout the state.
As a volunteer, Susie helps to elect Gun Sense Candidates, or candidates who have committed to govern with gun safety top of mind. Her work was instrumental during the 2022 elections, in flipping the Minnesota State Senate–creating a gun sense majority in all three chambers of the state government.
With this new majority, Susie, along with other partners and volunteers, began advocating for critical gun safety legislation, including closing a dangerous background check loophole, an Extreme Risk law to limit firearm access by individuals in crisis, expanding access to community violence intervention funding, and restricting the use of no knock search warrants. As a result of her efforts, combined with the collective efforts of survivors and gun safety advocates, Minnesota Governor and Vice President Harris’ running mate Tim Walz signed into law a public safety bill addressing every one of those life-saving measures.
But Susie’s work didn’t stop there. This year, she led her fellow @MomsDemand volunteers to push for even more common sense gun safety legislation in the state, including a law banning binary triggers—a modification that allows a semi-automatic firearm to fire two rounds for each action of the trigger, doubling the firing capacity. Thanks again to her efforts, that measure also passed the Minnesota legislature and was signed into law by Governor Walz earlier this year.
When asked about her tireless advocacy, Susie shares, “I work in this movement because I want my daughters to be safe when they go to school or hang out with their friends. I want them to know I did everything in my power to elect Gun Sense Candidates and to advocate for laws that will help make our country safer.”
Thank you, Susie, for making our country safer. To help elect Gun Sense Candidates in your state, click the link in my bio. #wcw | Posted on 14/Aug/2024 23:28:09
